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According to Acts 11:26, the term Christian (Greek: Χριστιανός), meaning "follower of Christ", was first used in reference to Jesus's disciples in the city of Antioch. [11] The earliest recorded use of the term "Christianity" (Greek: Χριστιανισμός) was by Ignatius of Antioch, in around 100 AD. [12]
[36] [37] The letters of the Apostle Paul sent to the early Christian communities were circulating in collected form by the end of the first century. [38] The codex, the ancestor of modern books, was used by first-century Christians, but the Egyptian church likely invented the papyrus codex during the next decades. [39]
The church traces its origins to the missions of Bartholomew the Apostle and Thaddeus (Jude the Apostle) in the 1st century. Tiridates III was the first Christian king in Armenia from 298 to 330. [143]
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (represented by the Roman numeral I) through AD 100 (C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st century CE to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical ...
Christian historians also focused on development of religion and society. This can be seen in the extensive inclusion of written sources in the first Ecclesiastical History written by Eusebius of Caesarea around 324 and in the subjects it covers. [1] Christian theology considered time as linear, progressing according to divine plan.
1st-century Christian texts (5 C, 25 P) Pages in category "1st-century Christianity" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
History of Christian theology – an overview of various ideas in the development of Christian theology. History of late ancient Christianity – traces Christianity during the Christian Roman Empire – the period from the rise of Christianity under Emperor Constantine (c. 313), until the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (c. 476).
Although the cross was known to the early Christians, the crucifix did not appear in use until the 5th century. [221] Among the earliest Christian symbols, that of the fish or Ichthys seems to have ranked first in importance, as seen on monumental sources such as tombs from the first decades of the 2nd century. [222]